Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A bee-utiful adventure

The outing yesterday was a huge success and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. We rode a rickety old ferry across the Yangtze (which happens to be the third longest river in the world), took a carnival-style bus ride to a park, walked up and down a gazillion stairs, had our pictures snapped with numerous strangers, visited a Buddhist temple, watched people harvesting royal bee jelly, and ate a delicious linner (lunch/diner) with our friends. The sights were fantastic, the weather outstanding, and the company superb. We loved seeing a different aspect of Chinese life.

Since Jean-Jacques did such a wonderful job of explaining the excursion, I’ll refer you to his blog for a detailed account of our journey. In this entry, I’ll just post some of my photos.

View of Anqing's shoreline from the ferry.

More shoreline.

A big old barge in the middle of the river. We can't clearly see the bridge because of the pollution.

A cool gate.

A road in the Chinese countryside.

Fu dog!

Bee stuff

People and a rest stop.

Can you tell I love fu dogs?

A Buddhist temple.

Girls who are nervous to be in my photo.

Fowl at the temple.

Mmm incense!

And more incense.

Inside one part of the temple.

This was awesome to see.

An interesting roof. Makes you feel like you're in China, right?

Entrance to temple compound.

A real bamboo forest!

Canola flowers.

Home of the bee keepers and dog. (Yes, the people live in the yellow "building".)

Bees.

Bee dog.

Harvesting royal jelly.

Jean-Jacques, about to taste the royal jelly. (The smile vanished quickly after...)

Getting on the ferry to go home.

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